Round 5: Tossup 4

A 2019 film from this country was created by copying color printouts of its footage as monochrome, drawing on each frame with highlighters, and re-scanning. A Stallone-esque action star known by his initials FPJ gave a fellow actor-turned-president (15[1])of this country the nickname “Erap.” In a 2019 film, an illegal immigrant [emphasize] from this country falls in love with an alcoholic meat worker but conceals that she is transgender. Cleaners and Lingua Franca (15[1])are set in this country, where From What is Before and a film subtitled The End of History exemplify their director’s contributions to (*) slow cinema. This country’s army often recalled their helicopters to fight an insurgency during the shooting of Apocalypse Now. A fisherman frees his girlfriend from prostitution in a film titled for this country’s capital “in the claws of light.” For 10 points, Isabel Sandoval, Lino Brocka, and Lav Díaz are from what country whose first film was a biopic of José Rizal? ■END■

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